Mail Archives: djgpp/1998/09/23/01:15:35
duncanburch AT my-dejanews DOT com wrote:
> One last thing - does anyone have any idea where I could find PlatformBin.exe
> on the microsoft ftp site. I downloaded their ls-lR.Z file, and
> PlatformBin.exe is not on it anywhere. Or, if the files have changed name,
> could somebody tell me what they are now called.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> > --
> > george DOT foot AT merton DOT oxford DOT ac DOT uk
> >
>
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The RSXNTDJ help file mentions PlatformInc.exe. Microsoft now calls this the
"Build Environment", so it is called ibldenv.exe. It includes header files for
the entire Windows API, including all the cool stuff like DirectX, OpenGL, etc.
There are some incompatibilities between the Microsoft and GNU implementation of
some non-ANSI stuff, like __stdcall. A patch for the headers is supplied with
RSXNTDJ, but seems to be out-of-date, and I needed to do some fiddling to make it
work. I have an updated patch for the build environment headers that also has a
couple of updates to allow COM objects (notably: DirectX) to be called from your
program (I used it to access DirectDraw). Let me know if you want it, I'll send
it to you upon request.
PlatformBin sounds like "Binaries", so I assume it refers to tools. Get
itools.exe from the Microsoft website. It includes a dialog editor and
bitmap/icon/cursor editor, among other things.
We all know how often Microsoft changes their website, but try this:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/developer/sdk/
It might work for a little while. :)
Otherwise, just go to the microsoft website and search for ibldenv.exe, and then
itools.exe.
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